A dismal first day of December finds Canadian Pacific’s B70-01 “Ipsco Job” returning back east to Nahant Yard past the massive Continental Cement plant along Highway 22 in Buffalo, IA on the... (more)

On a flawless November afternoon, a westbound empty crude oil train quickly hustles through the small town of Nelson on the Geneva Subdivision with an all EMD lash-up leading the way, which includ... (more)

The St. Louis skyline provides quite the appropriate backdrop for this 56 minute late Amtrak #22 "Texas Eagle" as it leaves the city behind gliding across Terminals' MacArthur Bridge Dis... (more)

After dropping off a string of grain cars to a local industry north of town, the CN R930 job returns back south to Effingham yard as light power. One of the engines working the yard job today is a... (more)

*No Drone Required* The wide breadth of the adjacent Mississippi River makes BNSF's H NTWGAL9 06A look rather small as the 82-car train of mixed freight from Minneapolis-Northtown coasts downgr... (more)

After receiving fuel, a fresh crew and waiting here on a northbound freight, southbound taconite loads thunder through Saluda, IL on BNSF's Brookfield Subdivision with a couple nice EMD's on the p... (more)

Adding a little variety in color, leased and pooled locomotives join forces to power F CP3821 16C (CP #382) back from the western plaines loaded with over 13,000 tons of grain divided amongst 102 ... (more)

On a crystal clear morning, four matching Union Pacific AC45CCTEs bring an empty Norma, WI bound rock sand train up through Edelstein, IL, milepost 60.71 on UP's seldom-used Peoria Subdivision. O... (more)

Running a little under 50 minutes behind schedule, Amtrak's number 3 train, aka the westbound "Southwest Chief," does every bit of track speed as it races through the small community of Neponset, ... (more)

Beginning its long climb out of the Illinois River Valley, westbound Gibson Yard (Hammond), IN to Mira Loma, CA autoracks navigate Houlihan's Curve on the wrong main behind a trio of shabby lookin... (more)

A set of three signals guarding a section of track on the southern end of BNSF's Orin Subdivision stand tall as a line of threatening storm clouds pass overhead.

Beginning its 1.1% assault up Edelstein Hill, a westbound intermodal Q-train off the CSXT in Chicago leans into Houlihan's Curve on the outskirts of Chillicothe with an attractive lash-up in charg... (more)

A northbound empty Detroit Edison (DETX) coal train snakes its way up the Orin Subdivision headed for loading at one of the many mines along the Powder River Basin. A nice looking SD70ACe/SD70MAC ... (more)

Amtrak's number 3 train aka the "Southwest Chief" pulls into the Galesburg Amtrak Station to make passenger drop-offs and pick-ups. The engineer was very friendly handing us a pack of bottled wate... (more)

After cooling its heels north of town for this train's northbound counterpart, this high-priority Global IV Joliet, IL to Mesquite (Dallas), TX intermodal Z puts the peddle to the metal as it acce... (more)